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Calvin Coolidge Fishing

Date: 1928
Description: President Calvin Coolidge fishing at Cedar Island Lodge, rustic lodge of Henry C. Pierce, 35 miles from Superior, Wisconsin, on the Brule River. This lodge...
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Trout Fishing on Brule River

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Description: View from shoreline towards eight men trout fishing on the Brule River.
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Elderly Chippewa Man

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Description: White Feather, an elderly Chippewa (Ojibwa) man said to be 129-years-old. This image is part of an exhibit about Native Americans prepared by Paul Vanderbi...
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Nemadji River

Date: 1953
Description: Nemadji River at the foot of 2nd Avenue and Robertson Avenue. A man is standing near the grassy shoreline in the center.
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Chronicle Office

Date: 1855
Description: Chronicle newspaper office, the first building on the townsite of Superior, built in 1853 by William C. Howenstine, John T. Morgan, and August Zachau.
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Little Manitou Falls, Pattison State Park

Date: 1938
Description: Little Manitou Falls on the Black River. Referred to as the "upper falls" in the park. A person is sitting on the rocks on top of the falls. This waterfall...
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Ida Banon Relles and Son George at George's Bar Mitzvah

Date: 1961
Description: Ida Banon Relles and son George at George's Bar Mitzvah, Superior Hebrew Congregation.
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Rabbi Mayer Relles at Superior Hebrew Congregation

Date: 1964
Description: Rabbi Mayer Relles after performing a wedding at Superior Hebrew Congregation.
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Brule River Fish Hatchery

Date: 1935
Description: A one-story building is situated amongst young evergreens and surrounded by stone walls containing river raceways for spawning fish. A group of people are ...
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We Like Ike

Date: 11 1952
Description: John Lavine (left), Nancy Jane Nelson, Virginia Rafshol, and Gary Berger indicate their support for the presidential candidacy of Dwight D. Eisenhower. As ...
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Rustic Bridge and Pleasure Drive

Date: 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of a wooden bridge over the Brule River flowing through the forest. A person is on the far side of the bridge. Caption reads: "Brule Riv...
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Summer White House on the Brule

Date: 1926
Description: Black and white postcard view of Cedar Island Lodge, located on the Brule River, owned by Henry Clay Pierce, businessman and financier. It was dubbed the S...
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Red Currant Garden

Date: 09 07 1895
Description: A garden of red currant bushes, owned by Jas. S. Ritchie, are featured on his fruit farm.
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Two Girls in a Boat

Date: 1895
Description: Two girls in a boat at the shoreline of the Black River.
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Women Riding Sidesaddle

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Description: Two women posing sidesaddle on two horses on a dirt path with a wooden board fence behind them. In the foreground is a colt. In the background are a field ...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Couple

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman and man posing sitting in a chair or sled in a grassy yard in front of trees and bushes. The woman is wearing a l...
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Home in Winter

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Description: Outdoor view across snow-covered yard towards a woman and child posing while sitting on the porch of a two-story house surrounded by snow-covered trees and...
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Two Women Standing on a Rock in the River

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Description: View across water towards two women posing standing on a rock in a river. Behind them are steep shorelines with trees and shrubs.
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Fishing on Gordon Dam

Date: 1907
Description: Howard T. fishing from Gordon Dam on the St. Croix River.
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Brule River White Pine

Date: 1962
Description: Two men posing at the trunk of what was for several years the largest recorded white pine in Wisconsin. At the time of this photograph, the tree was though...

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